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Tomato Goodness & Giveaway Winners

March 9, 2012

The skies above the creek are getting black and threatening. On a Friday. It's warm. It's just getting pitch black and on the eve of a busy weekend, I am hoping to counteract the atmosphere with some sunshine on our plates!

I don't have a "real" recipe today, more a little something I put together for lunch the other day. Layers of ricotta seasoned with chopped oregano, salt and pepper and yellow tomatoes. It was refreshing and filling. You can make the layers as tall or as thin as you want. In retrospect I would have let the ricotta drain a little in between layers of cheesecloth to make it a bit firmer. But for an impromptu lunch with my husband, it worked like a charm as it was.

It's already tomato and asparagus season here. It's been warm and humid. Perfect to let things grow in the gardens around. We have wild blackberries growing in the marsh behind our house already. A month early...I'm not complaining though. That means refreshing tomato salad and blackberry pies a month early too!

I think my favorite way to enjoy the tiny heirloom tomatoes from our neighbors' garden is simply with some oregano (again...one of my favorites), salt and pepper and a drizzle of really pungent olive oil. Make a little, make a lot...

But always eat with pleasure and joy. Tomatoes this good always bring sunshine on a rainy day!

It is already tomato season where you live?! I am so jealous! I will only start sowing tomatoes next week and can't plant them out before mid May... For now I'm still posting recipes for root vegetables and winter squash...

I don't mind that there is no 'real' recipe today, thanks for all the tomato inspiration! I can;t wait till the summer when I'll have a whole load of the home gown variety to have fun in the kitchen with!

Helene I just want to say thanks so much for hosting the giveaway and I can't wait to get Bea's book! Living in SC myself I just picked some asparagus yesterday, and was excited to see that my fig tree already has tons of tiny figs on it - I love this climate! My tomato seedlings are already 3 inches high and my peppers are just sprouting now - hooray for spring!

Helene, I am here for a very first time. I've learned about this blog from the book you wrote Plate to Pixel. I love the book, and slowly, I immerse myself into the absolutely new photo world. The book is friendly written, easy to read and to follow. Magnificent pictures! I am so glad to be here. Thank you for opening the door of food photography in a not intimidating way...